Consultant Psychiatrist - Haringey Home Treatment Team

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An integrated mental health service provider in London is seeking a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist for their Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. Responsibilities include providing clinical leadership, assessing treatment plans, and ensuring compliance with legal standards. Applicants should have a GMC registration, relevant experience, and strong clinical skills. Competitive salary range offered.

Qualifications

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise at intended start date.
• Excellent clinical skills using biopsychosocial perspective.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for the Crisis and Home Treatment Team.
• Monitor patient wellbeing and manage medication adjustments.
• Contribute to treatment plans in collaboration with other disciplines.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Ability to work in and lead team

Education

Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)

Included on the GMC Specialist Register

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist - Haringey Home Treatment Team

We are really pleased to be offering this exciting full-time (10 PA) Consultant post in the Haringey Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT). This post has become available due to the resignation of the previous post holder. The CRHTT provides urgent crisis assessments and intensive support aiming to avert the need for inpatient admission, when safety possible.

At North London NHS Foundation Trust we provide integrated mental health services to the people of North Central London, as well as some services regionally and nationally. We employ almost 6000 staff, which makes us one of the largest employers in our area. We provide our services to children, adults, and older people from over 20 sites. We support people to overcome the hurdles they face with their health and wellbeing. We support them to get back into the community and to live as independently as they can. We aim to give people the skills they need to look after themselves with our support in the community.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership for the Crisis and Home Treatment Team.
• Contribute to the assessment of newly referred cases and formulate appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines.
• Conclude medical reviews for those on the caseload including monitoring of patient mental, physical, and psychological wellbeing, assessment and review of needs, risk assessments and monitoring, assessing response to medication, dosage adjustments and review of potential side effects.
• Manage community emergencies including home visits for those on the caseload.
• Early Discharge Facilitation assessment for patients on the wards.
• Gatekeeping assessments for complex cases.
• Work with the wellbeing clinic to ensure that physical health is well monitored.
• Comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures.
• Complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.
• Supervise and facilitate learning for medical staff and other professionals in all aspects of psychiatric care.
• Participate in the trust-wide day‑time consultant psychiatrist second on‑call rota for Section 136 suite (1:32) and the Trust‑wide Consultant psychiatrist on‑call rota (1:32).
• Participate in the weekly team meeting and undertake other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.
• Provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded.
• Have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service line.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five‑Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for the Crisis and Home Treatment Team.
• Contribute to the assessment of newly referred cases and formulate appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines.
• Conclude medical reviews for those on the caseload, monitor patient wellbeing, assess needs and risks, and manage medication adjustments.
• Manage community emergencies, including home visits.
• Early Discharge Facilitation assessment for patients on the wards.
• Gatekeeping assessments for complex cases.
• Work with the wellbeing clinic to monitor physical health.
• Comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice, including Mental Health Act, Code of Practice and safeguarding procedures.
• Maintain electronic records and participate in routine outcome monitoring.
• Supervise and facilitate learning for medical staff and other professionals.
• Participate in on‑call rosters (Section 136 suite and Trust‑wide rota).
• Attend weekly team meetings and support team functioning.
• Provide clinical and professional leadership, governance and management activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise at intended start date.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months.
• Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Transport

• Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence or provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using biopsychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Academic Skills and lifelong learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change.

Information Technology Experience & Skills

• Basic computer skills, including ability to use e‑mail and Internet.
• Experience in data gathering and management.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per annum and RRP £5000